Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I enjoyed this collection of short stories immensely. Adichie has a way of describing characters and explaining aspects of the plot that is not overwhelming. Also, most of these stories had little twists that kept me on my toes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Racism, Rape, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, and Police brutality

Moderate: Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, and Infidelity

emory's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Deportation, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Sexism, and Violence

fifofi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Racism, and Suicide attempt

grei's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I loved every story in this collection. They all have very heavy topics, but are written so well into a plot and handled so expertly that I never felt like I was trudging through it.

It's a book that will always be there when you want to read it and is a very good, emotional read, but does not always enthrall you so deeply in the story that you feel guilty for not reading for a long period of time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia